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"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a song by the American rock band Green Day and the fourth single from their seventh studio album, American Idiot (2004). Written by the band's front man Billie Joe Armstrong , the song is about the death of Armstrong's father in September 1982 and his life since.
The song debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 22 (becoming their highest peaking song since the 2005 hit "Wake Me Up When September Ends", and their second-to-last single to debut on the chart, as after 'Oh Love', all of their subsequent tracks have failed to chart), and No. 81 on the Canadian Hot 100, reaching #15.
[128] "Wake Me Up When September Ends" became symbolic during various events such as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; one online blogger paired the song with television coverage of the disaster, creating a viral video. [129] Ian Winwood of Kerrang! said that the album pushed rock music back into the mainstream. [67]
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" by Green Day This song might cause you to shed a tear or two... or a billion. September is a sad time of month, according to the lyrics of Green Day's 2000s hit ...
In September 2009, American Idiot began its run in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California. [1] After two extensions, it was transferred to the St. James Theatre on Broadway. The first single from the album, "21 Guns" was released on December 3, 2009. The album also includes "When It's Time", a previously unreleased song written by Billie ...
Hurt by Whatsername's departure, Johnny longs for better days ahead, Tunny longs for home, and Will longs for all the things he's lost ("Wake Me Up When September Ends"). St. St. Jimmy appears and makes one last attempt to get Johnny's attention, but Johnny has made the conscious decision to end his self destruction, resulting in the ...
September may have just begun, but it seems Green Day‘s already counting down the day till Christmas.On Saturday (Sept. 3), the veteran rockers posted a viral TikTok mashing up their hit “Wake ...
This article is about "Wake Me Up When September Ends", a song by Green Day from their critically acclaimed album American Idiot. Initially written as a song about the death of the bands front mans father in 1982, it has been interpreted as a song about the September 11 attacks, and was given a sort of third-life after an edit went viral ...